Research Internship

Research Internship Program

This program is designed for highly qualified and motivated YISS students who are interested in research projects or advanced coursework. Research Internship Program offers selected students the opportunity to participate in research projects or work as an intern in research centers or organizations at Yonsei University.

• Program Period : Jul 2, 2019 ~ Aug 8, 2019 (6 weeks)
• Working hours required : Mon-Fri, 14:00~18:00 (20 hours per week)
  * Working hours may vary depending on each sponsoring company’s conditions and student’s course schedule.
• Qualifications : 2019 YISS participants enrolled in an accredited foreign university (Students enrolled in an accredited college or university in Korea, high school seniors who have been accepted to university and Yonsei students are not eligible.)
• Number of Participants : approx. 20 students
• Course Syllabus : File Down

Program Benefits

• Research internship opportunity at Yonsei University
• Scholarship or financial support (amount and payment method may vary according to project)
• Earn six (6) credit points : 3 credits for YSRI internship and 3 credits for a YISS course (Graded on Pass/Non-pass basis)
• Receive certificate of completion and become official member of YSRI network

Security Pledge Agreement and Collection of Personal Information Agreement

• Additional documents, such as collection of personal information, may be required (security issues related to research projects are essential in terms of researchers).

How to Apply

To apply for the Internship Program, students are required to:

1. 1. Submit the completed internship application on-line by Apr 26, 2019
   * Internship application will be available from Apr 8, 2019
2. 2. Pay the full tuition for the YISS by Apr 30, 2019
   * Exchange students do not need to pay the tuition to Yonsei.

Application Timeline

Once your application is submitted, it will be forwarded to the internship sponsor, who will ultimately make a selection. Some sponsoring companies may choose to interview short-listed candidates by telephone or in person before recruiting interns.

Course Schedule Modules

• The following modules are devised to assist internship participants for the course schedules.
• Considering internship and course loads, participants can take one course(during period 1 or 2) in addition to the internship.

Module 1

• Taking 1st period course and afternoon internship from Monday to Friday
• Total obtainable credits : 6 credits

Module 2

• Taking 2nd period course and afternoon internship from Monday to Friday
• Total obtainable credits : 6 credits

Module 3

• Taking 1A period course and afternoon internship from Monday to Friday
• Total obtainable credits : 6 credits

List of Participating Research Centers/Labs 2018

• A list of participaing Reseach Centers for 2019 program will be updated around March, and we will continue to update it until the middle of April. So please check back with us!